Our next meeting is at 7pm on Monday 20th April 2026 at the Holiday Inn, Talbot Road, Blackpool. Next to Blackpool North Railway Station and tram stop.
Our guest speaker will be Zowie Swann, folklorist, storyteller and author, who will be speaking about Fylde Folklore.
Non-members are welcome for a small donation, £2, suggested.
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Our meetings are on the 3rd Monday of each month at 7pm in the Holiday Inn, Blackpool, unless stated otherwise. Non-members are welcome, we appreciate a donation thankyou.
We are always interested in hearing from potential speakers.
| Monday | Topic | Speaker |
| 2026 | ||
| April 20th | Fylde Folk Lore | Zowie Swan |
| May 18th | Black Liver | Ruth and Keith |
| June 15th | Architectural Photography | Sean Conboy |
| July 20th | Blackpool Shipwrecks | Barry McCann |
| August 17th | ENVECO | Diane Farley |
| September 21st | Stick Men & Author | David Hulme |
| October 19th | My 75 year love affair with Blackpool | John Lovett Begg |
| November 16th | The Robert Evan Mills Lecture: ‘Palace (varieties, cinema and ballroom)’ | Shirley Matthews |
| December 14th | Christmas Festivities | |
| 2027 | ||
| January 18th | Speaker to be announed | |
| February 15th | Speaker to be announced | |
| March 15th | Annual General Meeting | |
The guest speaker is
At the Holiday Inn, 7pm, Monday 19th January 2026
Non-members are welcome for a small donation of £2.
Monday, 17th November, at The Imperial Hotel Blackpool, it’s our November meeting. It will be the annual Robert Evan Mills lecture. This year the lecture is by Bev Carroll and titled. ‘Raikes Hall and the Royal Palace Gardens’.
Starting at 7pm. Non-members are welcome for a small donation £2. Please note the venue.
Monday 20th October 2025 at 7pm
There was a good turn out for our October meeting in the Holiday Inn Blackpool. A number of proposals were discussed and agreed before the guest speaker, Alistair Baines presented his talk ‘The Life and Times of a Sandgrown Architect’.
From building Sandcastles at Cleveleys to designing Council buildings, Schools, Colleges, Banks and more. With explanations of features and form. Building works such as the new Stanley Building transformation, Glasdon Innovation Centre and Knott End Golf Clubhouse.
The meeting was held at the Holiday Inn Blackpool on Monday 20th October 2025. Photo of Elaine our Chairman thanking Alistair, standing, for the talk.
Our next meeting will be held on Monday 15th September 2025 in the Holiday Inn, Talbot Road, Blackpool at 7pm.
The guest speaker will be
Carl Carrington, the Head of Planning and Conservation at Blackpool Council.
The talk will be ‘Key Developments in Blackpool 2023 and 2024’.
Non-members are welcome for a small donation of £2.
Please join us at our monthly meeting on Monday 18th August at 7pm in the Holiday Inn, Blackpool. We will discuss matters of interest followed by our guest speaker: Peter Legg, Head of Economic and Cultural Services, Blackpool Council, speaking about the renovation of the Stanley Building on Church Street. Non-members are welcome for a small donation, £2.
Our next monthly meeting is on Monday 21st July 2025 at 7pm at the Holiday Inn Talbot Road Blackpool. The guest speaker is Claire Walmsley Griffiths a Heritage Spaces and Performance photographer from Blackpool.
Non-members are welcome for a small donation of £2.
We hope you will join us at the next members monthly meeting at 7pm on Monday 16th June at the Holiday Inn, Talbot Road.
We will discuss our activities and plans, followed by our guest speaker.
The guest speaker is Local Historian, Anne Charlesworth, talking about the early development of South Shore starting from 1819
Non-members are welcome for the small contribution of £2.
Membership is £10 a year and you can join by filling in the membership form and paying the fee. Please read the page linked below and download the application form. We look forward to meeting you.
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Our next monthly meeting is this Monday, 19th May 2025, at the Holiday Inn, Talbot Road.
This meeting is our annual memorial show business talk for Cyril Critchlow. The guest speaker is entertainer Pete Lindup on the topic of Impresario Lawrence Wright and his long association with the North Pier.
A photo of Peter Lindup giving his well received talk at our May Monthly Meeting:
